Railroad-tie.



PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

J. E. WALLING. RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. 1905.

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RAILROAD TIE.

A PPLIOA'TION FILED JUNEIO, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed June 10,1905. Serial No. 264,616.

T0 at whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN E. WALLING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake, State of Utah,have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Railroad-Ties andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to railroads, and more particularly to tiestherefor, and has for its object to provide a tie to which rails may bequickly and securely fastened and which will be so constructed that therails will be held firmly against accidental detachment from the ties,while they may be easily moved when desired.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, and it will be understood that changesin the specificconstruction shown and described may be made within the scope of theclaims and that any suitable materials may be used without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a side elevation of the present tie. Fig.2 is a section online 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is an end view.Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing a modification.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises anelongated transversely-rectangular body portion 5, which may be a woodentie of the usual form. Disposed upon this body portion there is alongitudinally-extending metallic plate 6, which is broadened at itsends to extend laterally beyond the sides of the body portion, as shownat 7, and these portions 7 are provided with longitudinally-extendingvertical openings 8, the openingsat each end of the plate lying at thecorners of a rectangle, as shown, and at the center of the inclosure'ofeach of these rectangles an opening 9 is formed through the plate 6,these openings having spikes 10, engaged therein and embedded in thebody portion to hold. the plate 6 in position. Vertically-extendingmembers 11 are engaged in the openings 8 and lie in pairs at oppositesides of the body portion, and the members of each pair haverail-engaging lips 12 at their upper ends, which are turned toward each.other for engagement with the baseflanges 13 of a rail 14, disposedbetween the members. The members 1]. of each pair are provided withregistering horizontally-extending passages 15, which extend upwardlytln'ough these members beyond the lower face of the plate 6, and engagedin the passages of each pair of members are upper and lowerhorizontally-extending members 16 and .17, respectively, the mutuallyadjacent faces of which are oppositely beveled for engagement with eachother. The lower members 17 have downwardly-extending end portions 17,which extend over the outer faces of the members 11 below the passages15.

From the above-described arrangement it will be seen that movement ofthe upper members 16 in one direction will result in downward movementof the members 11 to clamp the rails 14 in position, while movement ofthe members 16 in the opposite di rection will loosen the members 11 topermit of removal of the rails and to hold the members 16 at differentpoints of their movement. They are each provided with a plurality oftransverse grooves 18, disposed for successive registration with agroove 19, formed in the upper face of the cooperating member 17 for thereception of a key 20.

In Fig. 5 the outer members 11 are provided with upwardly-extendingrail-bracing portions 21.

It will be readily seen that the plate 6 and the portions carrieddirectly thereby may be used in connection with the wooden railroadtiesin use at present, as described in an early portion of the foregoing.

What is claimed is 1.. A railroad-tie comprising a body portion, a platedisposed upon the body portion, said plate having vertical openingstherein, members engaged in the openings and lying in pairs at oppositesides of the body portion and at opposite ends thereof, said membersextending downwardly below the plate and having rail-engaging lips attheir upper ends adapted for engagement with a rail disposed between themembers, said members having registering horizontal passages .in theirdownwardly-extending portions and cooperating wedge members engaged inthe passages said members being disposed for operation to move thefirst-named members downwardly.

2. A railroad-tie comprising a plate, a support for the plate, membersengaged in the 7 plate for vertical movement and having 00- operatinglips adapted for engagement with wardly-directed portions extending overthe surfaces of the first named members below their passages, the upperwedge members resting upon the lower and against the under face of theplate and being movable inwardly to move the first named membersdownwardly and means for holding the upper wedge members at diiferentpoints of their movement.

3. The combination with a railroad-tie, of a plate disposed. thereuponand extending laterally beyond the sides thereof, said plate havingvertical openings in the laterally-extending portions, members slidablydisposed in the openings and lying in pairs at opposite sides of thetie, the members of each pair having railengaging lips directed toward.each other, a rail disposed upon the plate between themembers of eachpair and with its base-flange beneath the lips, means for moving themembers downwardly to hold the rail in position and a spike engaged inthe plate and in the tie beneath the rail. r

4. In a railroad-tie the combination with a body portion, of a platedisposed thereupon, a spike engaged in the plate and in the bodyportion, a rail disposed upon the plate above the spike, said platehaving vertical openings therein at opposite sides of the rail,rail-engaging members slidably engaged in the openings for verticalmovement said mem bers having alining passages therein below the plate,upper and lower wedge members disposed in the alining passages, thelower member having downwardly-extending portions lying outwardly of thefirstnamed members to hold the lower wedge member against longitudinalmovement, the upper wedge member being operable to move therail-engaging members downwardly to clamp the rail in position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN E. WVALLING. IVitnesses ANcUs MOKELLAR, WM. CnoME.

